Environment

In this Macworld article from June 2013, we looked at Apple's oddly contradictory history with the green lobby: why its approach to environmental matters was for so long at odds with its stated corporate philosophies (and the beliefs of its founders), and why that more recently appeared to be changing. Since publishing the story, there have been a number of important developments; among other things, CEO Tim Cook has made it clearer than ever that Apple takes its green responsibilities seriously. For this reason we've added an optimistic epilogue to the end of the article. One of the many talking points at Apple boss Tim Cook's interview at D11 (in May 2013) was the hiring of an environmental policymaker to the firm's executive team. Lisa Jackson , formerly the administrator in charge of the US Environmental Protection Agency , reports directly to Cook and oversees Apple's eco-related strategies. It was the latest in a series of moves that have seen Apple, once … [Read more...] about Why Apple was bad for the environment (and why that’s changing)

Environmental protection is important, but why? Global Ideas multimedia learning packs present the answers to complex issues in constructive and engaging ways. Games, films, articles and interactive worksheets provide information on environmental and climate protection, as well as offering possible solutions to these problems. Children and young people can create a connection to the living environment around them and get ideas for experiments and handicrafts. The learning packs contain easy-to-use handouts to help educators prepare lessons. Distance learning: Interactive Workbooks ready to Download www.dw.com/umwelt-bildung (German) www.dw.com/educacion-ambiental (Spanish) Learning pack #7: Food for the future – feeding the world in a climate-friendly way Learning pack #6: Blue Gold: The dwindling resource of water Drinking water is one of our most precious resources. But climate change is making water increasingly scarce, access to it more and … [Read more...] about Multimedia environment learning packs for the classroom and homeschooling

Pattaya, Thailand- A prominent Pattaya city leader announced yesterday, February 16th, 2021, that Pattaya and Jomtien beaches have been ranked in the top ten beaches by the Department of the Environment for Region 13 (Chonburi and the Eastern provinces) who reportedly reviewed every beach in the Eastern part of Thailand. The announcement was made by Manot Nongyai, Deputy Mayor of Pattaya City, who made the statement at an interview on Pattaya Beach. The period of review ran from 2018-2020. The award was based on several criteria according to Mr. Nongyai: 1. Active participation in beach tourism and promotion from local officials 2. Conservation of the beach environment, including in regards to erosion 3. Building awareness of environmental and conservational factors, including endangered aquatic animals. 4. Resolving environmental complaints from relevant agencies and organizations 5. Supporting information given from the Department of the Environment 6. Partnerships … [Read more...] about Pattaya and Jomtien beaches ranked in top ten beaches for Eastern Thailand by Department of the Environment

Led by CEO Tim Cook, Apple has been making notable efforts toward being a more environmentally responsible corporate citizen, investing in solar farms, hydropower efforts, renewable forests, recycling programs, and other projects which are generally considered positive given that humans currently live on planet Earth and lack a backup planet (sorry, there’s no Time Machine app for Earth – but if there was… dinosaurs!). Apple even now has a nice subsection of their website devoted to covering their environmental efforts , and like many other sections of the Apple site, it’s filled with beautiful high resolution images that can be extracted and used as some lovely background wallpaper for the Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or heck, even a Windows PC or Android. To celebrate Earth Day, here are nine absolutely lovely HD wallpapers of various environmental related projects that Apple is participating in, directly from the Apple website. Click on any thumbnail to … [Read more...] about 9 HD Environment Wallpapers Hidden on Apple .com to Celebrate Earth Day

At the command line, environmental variables are defined for the current shell and become inherited by any running command or process. They can determine anything from the default shell, the PATH , the users home directory, to the terminal emulation type, current working directory, where a history file is located, language and localization settings, and going further to include shell variables, which include everything from customizations to the bash prompt , colorized ls output , and changes to terminal appearance , to aliases, and much more. Let’s walk through how to list environment and shell variables, and then how to set and add new environment variables at the command line of Mac OS X. Displaying Current Environment & Shell Variables in Mac OS X To quickly get a list of environmental variables , you can use the following command: printenv If you want to see a complete list of shell variables , the ‘set’ command can be issued as well: set … [Read more...] about Where to Set Environment Variables in Mac OS X